Lubec High School - Quoddy Light Yearbook (Lubec, ME)

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THE QLODDY LIGHT hztnrtul How Hugh School Acuvllx s Prepare for Business Hou do our Hrgh School act1w1t1es pre pare us for busmess? In many vt ays and by many means These act1x1t1es 1n our schools are brought forth by orgamzatxons whrch can be grouped mto Hxe classes In a broad sense they all have the same fun damental prxncxples and tend to produce the same common results but to go to 1nto more detaxl they can best be brought forth and pomted out bu elassrfy mg them The largest and to my mmd the most xmportant group comprlses the Student Cox ernvnent Student Chapel Class Meet lngs Mass 'VIeet1nf s Athletnc ASSOCIHIIOH L Club Dramatlc Socmety and the serx mg of suppers and banquets Thxs group teaches us to organlze manage and control ClllTCI'CI'1t enterprxses and assume responsl blllt16S 1nst1ls confidence ponse and bear mg ln us as mdlvxduals but most of all xt proves th value of organmauon and co The Student Government vxh1ch IS su preme rn all domestle matters of the school except for the Prmcrpal sxeto lS patterned after our Federal and btate goxeruments haxrnga XVTIIICII const1tut1on and a legls lat1ve body of two houses made up for the most part of duly elected representatlves chosen at large from among the students and IS conducted rn the same manner The youth of today rs the cxt1zen of to morrow and does not th1s trammg better fit us for c1t1zensh1p? Wuhout a. doubt some of our present students Wlll rn the course of the1rl1ves hold responslble po s1t1ons Is not th1s tramlng gorng to be a d1rect benefit to such persons? Certarnly they wlll have an msrght 1nto the methods and prrncrples of work of th1s kmd by hav mg actually partrclpated rn II even lf only rn school Chapel CYGTCISCS are frequently conduct ed by the students gn mg us an axr of ser lousness and makes us realize that thmgs should not always be taken rn a lrght xem and brmgmg us all together for announce ments and questlons for approval or to x ote when we XVISII to ascertaxn the popular sentunent These assemblres also gne any student the chance to brrng form ard a motron or suggestron, gn 1ng us conndence IH ourselves Class meetmgs are of about the same ty pe but are only for the affarrs of the 1n drvrdual class Our mass meetlngs are conducted 1n somewhat the same manner but mth dr rectly the opposrte Splflt It rs at these meetmgs that we let oif steam They are usually held before an athletxc game especlally lf lt promlses to be a close one Wnth cheers yells and the school song we show the team that we are behrnd It to the trms are called for qurckenmg the1r xuts and enablmg them to respond readily Surely th1s IS an asset IH any busrness The Athletlc Assocrat on fosters and promotes athletlcs It IS composed of the entxre student body and the faculty the only requxslte bemg the payment of dues rn return for a membershlp card whrch admlts the holder to all athletrc games at a reduced rate But th1s IS not the only reason xx hy we Jom Our chlef motrve IS the cleslre to help place our school on at least an equal footmg wrth other schools of the same class The success of th1s or gamzatlon proves that we can accomplrsh much through cooperatron among ourselves wrth the ard of the townspeople Thrs thought we can carry xx 1th us 1nto our bus mess l1fe after our school days are over The L' Club lS1I'I'1'fDCCllatt,lV connected wxth the Athletxc Assoc1at1on It awards 9 O O 24 . Y . n vu Q - , , ' 7' ' - v V 4 . V. . . Y y ' ' , ' 1 - l ' F l 7, , . . - 7 ' s ' ' ' ' ' . . ' . A . . Y v 5 - - . , . V i . Y. I ' l . ' v ' -1 ' h. 1 Y , I - . . w . ' , . .1 , ' , -- ' ' .. ,, . . Y Y- 7 A v. .- 3 I . . Y 44 l ,, x ' - . , , , ., . , . , , . . B 1 Y V , , W , ODCFHUOH- finish. Speeches from unsuspecting vic- .L , Y . g ' sa, xc l . x . 1' y. A , . . . I Y X l ' L . Q . ' . , , .. . . . . . - ' ' . . ' Y l l . L H I L. L. K. , . ' , ' I V ' ' I. , e ' . . ' I ' 1 . I ' . . . . - 7 I Y. . - ' I lf , -1'- . I

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THI' ODDX LIGHT Edwin D ADGCISOU Sub-Master Che mxstry Ph yiical Tralmng Hllanon S Gastonguay Xiathematncs Hxstory and I eneral vclence .2 Mlldled L. Nelson brunch and History 'Che faculty Leah M Damon Edith A Wlggln Cmnnu rcml Imam -.lu sch.-nu

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THE QUODDY LICHT the letters xx on by the students xx ho haxe actually taken part rn games erther on the field or floor and to the managers of the teams These are the only students elr grble for membershrp These letters arc to be desrred and are somethrng to arm for they are 1 tradc mark of accomplrshment and xve are proud of them They mcan elevatron rn every phase of school lrfc and shoxv rt as does a man s prosperrty by hrs personal appearance and surroundrngs Thc Dramatrc bocrcty tftkcs rn those xx ho have a part rn our amateur plays wlrrch are put on for the financral benefit of thc Athletrc Assocratron and thc Ncnror Llass But the financral garn 1S not the only bene fit derry ed Appearrng rn hese Amateur theatrrcals puts us at easc before an and rence and grves those xvho cnjoy thrs lcrnd of xx ork a opportunrty to lcarn and de Who knoxvs but amonf us at the prcsent trme there may be the makrngs of a fam ous star drrector or producer rn the thea trrcal xx orld xvho only needs dey eloprng7 Thrs may rnduce them to asprre for such a goal The serxrng of suppers and banqucts requrres careful managcment and Judgc ment and under thc supcrxrsron and dr rectron of a Domestrc Scrence teacher the grrls get the proper and correct methods of preparrng and servrnof food Thrs rs very practrcal and especrally beneficral to many of the grrls rn Lubcc Hrgh School who are oblrged to or desrre to xx ork dur rng thc summer vacatron as the surnmcr hotels along the coast and at othcr fashronable resorts Thc Radro Club and the fLe Cercle Francarsl make up group txxo xx artresscs rn French Club The object of thesc txvo clubs rs to brrng us together more closely for study and a broader knoxvlcdge of practrcal and cx cry 125 day toprcs Only students of the txxo up per classes xx ho take French and marntarn a very credrtable ax erage rank belonf to thrs organraatron Thc members meet regularly and xvrth the ard of the French tcacher carry on conycrsatron rn French Berng able to usc and understand a mod crn com ersatronal forergn language has rts many good pornts and rn nearly any professron or busrness would not go amrss Ylcmbcrshrp rn the Radro Club rs opcn to both boys and grrls but to bccomc a mcmbcr onc must promrsc to make a study of radro as to rts nature operatron and en trre makcup It rs no trrxral thrng but rs one of the most stupendous of the recent marvelous drscoverres and rnventrons and a most absorbrng toprc for study 1Noxv cven thou h rn rts rnfancy rts great prac trcabrlrty rs rcalrzcd though not fathomed What thrs may mean to the busrncss wc rld we can at thrs trme only guess Athletrcs are rn a class by themselx es and I haxe not grouped thcm wrth any other actry rtx Athletrcs dcx elop physrquc hrffh moral standards clcanness farr play and sportsmanshrp and pornt out the valuc of defcftt as xx ell as the valuc of acceptrng defeat gracefully Everyone rn Hrgh Qchool xxho rs phxs rcally able rs encouraged to take part rn Athletrcs both fo hrs oxxn physrcal good and for the good of the school If ey cry one turns out for practrce the coach can make upatcam of the best men rn the school because cach fcllow wrll do hrs best and compete for a posrtron thcreby makrng a xxrnnrng team A fellow does not recessarrly haye to be of large stature to be a good athlete but he must be alert both rn mrnd and body It rs a proyen fact that Athlctrc excrcrse rs one of the most healthful forms of excrcrse dcvcloprng a I v v Y . V - , ' ' ' A . y , . . l -,- - A ' ' K 1 - - 1 L 1 Y 4 . x, . . . A ,x I ' ' ' , v L , ' S v YA. ' Y I , 3 , ' .,., - ' . -, , , '-. , B u. 1 1 l L u , L ' - 4 L . N . X . . v. x U . . . 7 . - 1 5 Y . n ' v .1 - - ' ' ' 7 'h s ' s ' velop their talent along such lines, as well. Can anyone deny that this is worth while? gi x I ' 7 c F. ' I Y . X , Q N s Y Y . 7 ' F V . ' 7 s ' . y . 1 ' 1 s - s . ' x v lv ' ls C J 1 9 . .1 ' V . X ' ' 5' y ' t . t 1 I Tx- xg 1 ' 1 ' . v . . L 7 , V b . V . 5 . . . V g Y r 1 V v 4 . , . . H - . . 3 . , b I , . . , . Y 1 X 1 I A - L' Y I ss' I ' I I X . 1 4 1 s A K , I . . i . Y , . A - , s ' NA . I . I , . ' - -, v 1 - . L- 4- r fb- , 1 1 '